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Ben Carson: Barack Obama ‘Raised White’ and ‘Didn’t Grow Up Like I Grew Up’
« on: February 24, 2016, 12:08:45 am »
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GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson says President Obama was “raised white.” Carson made the comment during an interview with POLITICO’s “Off Message” podcast, where he discussed race relations in America.

“He’s an ‘African’ American. He was, you know, raised white,” the retired neurosurgeon stated.

    I mean, like most Americans, I was proud that we broke the color barrier when he was elected, but … he didn’t grow up like I grew up … Many of his formative years were spent in Indonesia. So, for him to, you know, claim that, you know, he identifies with the experience of black Americans, I think, is a bit of a stretch.

Carson grew up in poverty with a single mother. He shared with Politico his thoughts on racism in Detroit during the 1960’s. Politico reported that Carson suggested that it is something “that Barack Obama could never understand.”...

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Re: Ben Carson: Barack Obama ‘Raised White’ and ‘Didn’t Grow Up Like I Grew Up’
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2016, 02:58:47 am »
Well, he's right.
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Re: Ben Carson: Barack Obama ‘Raised White’ and ‘Didn’t Grow Up Like I Grew Up’
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2016, 03:07:40 am »
Quote from: Sanguine on February 24, 2016, 02:58:47 am
Well, he's right.

He may be correct, but I'm trying to figure out the relevancy as to how that comment is going to help boost him in the polls. Why oh why is he still even running?
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Re: Ben Carson: Barack Obama ‘Raised White’ and ‘Didn’t Grow Up Like I Grew Up’
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2016, 03:20:30 am »
Quote from: libertybele on February 24, 2016, 03:07:40 am
He may be correct, but I'm trying to figure out the relevancy as to how that comment is going to help boost him in the polls. Why oh why is he still even running?

I can't answer that one.
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Re: Ben Carson: Barack Obama ‘Raised White’ and ‘Didn’t Grow Up Like I Grew Up’
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2016, 03:22:24 am »
Barack Obama was raised by a white Communist.

I don't mind that Carson is bringing the subject up.
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Re: Ben Carson: Barack Obama ‘Raised White’ and ‘Didn’t Grow Up Like I Grew Up’
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2016, 07:38:26 pm »
Quote from: libertybele on February 24, 2016, 03:07:40 am
He may be correct, but I'm trying to figure out the relevancy as to how that comment is going to help boost him in the polls. Why oh why is he still even running?
It is my understanding Carson was saying Obama has done nothing for the Black community in the past 7 years because he was not privy to the black experience like Carson growing up here in the USA.  Hence black people should vote for him because he is "black" like them... or something along those lines.
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Re: Ben Carson: Barack Obama ‘Raised White’ and ‘Didn’t Grow Up Like I Grew Up’
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2016, 07:39:36 pm »
That's gonna leave a mark!
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Re: Ben Carson: Barack Obama ‘Raised White’ and ‘Didn’t Grow Up Like I Grew Up’
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2016, 07:41:58 pm »
Quote from: musiclady on February 24, 2016, 03:22:24 am
Barack Obama was raised by a white Communist.

If Obama's moma would have like white boys Barry's dad could have been Bernie Sanders.
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Re: Ben Carson: Barack Obama ‘Raised White’ and ‘Didn’t Grow Up Like I Grew Up’
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2016, 07:45:01 pm »
Wait.  If he was raised in Indonesia, wouldn't that mean he was raised yellow?  Which explains a lot, actually.
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